Insights

Court Order Pauses Federal Waivers Across the Big Bend Sector On October 2, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone in El Paso blocked the government from building border barriers or doing any ground-disturbing work anywhere in...

On Friday, September 11, 2026, the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) placed the Big Hill Substation to Sand Lake Switch and Bell County East Switch to Big Hill Substation 765 kV projects on remand, sending both back to...

On Friday, September 11, 2026, the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) preliminarily approved Route 4 Modified as the path for the Howard to Solstice transmission line, a roughly 370-mile project across 14 South Texas...

The big picture: Four proposed 765 kV transmission lines are set to reshape the Texas power grid, cutting permanent, 200-foot-wide easements through hundreds of rural properties along the way. Why it matters: For months,...

WhiteWater and its joint-venture partners—Devon Energy, MPLX, Diamondback Energy, and Western Midstream Partners—have reached a final investment decision (FID) on the Solitude Pipeline System. The project has secured...

Photo courtesy of Natural Gas Intelligence (naturalgasintel.com) DeLa Express LLC, an affiliate of MossLake Partners, has chosen to suspend the development of its proposed interstate natural gas pipeline. Pivoting from its...

About the Boerschig v. Rio Grande Electric Cooperative Case In late May 2026, the Texas Supreme Court reversed a jury verdict in favor of the Rio Grande Electric Cooperative in a long-running legal dispute over an old...

Earlier this year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) updated its interactive border wall map to indicate roughly 100 miles of permanent border wall running through Big Bend National Park. The change drew swift concern...

Bell County and the City of Burnet forged a Highland Lakes sub-regional planning commission to fight Oncor Electric’s impending 765 kV transmission line, known as the Bell County East to Big Hill Transmission Line project....

The Pflugerville City Council unanimously approved the issuance of more than $80 million in bonds to secure final funding for two of the City’s largest water projects in years: a secondary raw water pipeline from the...